Spy chief warns of civil liberties sacrifice

So, ummm, I don’t really know what to say…

Those willing to give up a little liberty for a little security deserve neither security nor liberty

Granted this is the UK, not the US, but I agree with the sentiment, and I’m not American either…

LONDON (Reuters) – Sat Sep 10, 2005 9:30 AM BST17

Eliza Manningham-Buller, MI5 director-general, also said the four suicide bomb attacks on London’s transport system on July 7 which killed 52 people had been a shock and the security services were disappointed they had not thwarted them.

“The world has changed and there needs to be a debate on whether some erosion of what we all value may be necessary to improve the chances of our citizens not being blown apart as they go about their daily lives,” she said.

Manningham-Buller’s comments, made in a speech to the Dutch Security Service in the Netherlands on September 1 but only published on MI5’s Web site on Saturday, back the position taken by the government since the London attacks.

On Wednesday, Home Secretary Charles Clarke warned that European Union states and judges needed to accept an erosion in freedoms in the wake of the London attacks and last year’s Madrid train bombings.

The government is frustrated that tough measures, such as deporting al Qaeda suspects or extremist clerics who could inspire terrorism, were being hindered by the courts because of civil rights concerns.

Last year, the country’s most senior court threw out a security law allowing police to…

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